283. She Invented Sensation-Preserving Mastectomy—Then Needed It Herself: The Truth About DCIS, Recurrence, and Surgery
Published: February 8, 2026
Duration: 38:10
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What happens when a breast surgeon becomes a breast cancer patient—and then faces a second diagnosis years later?
In this deeply personal and illuminating episode of Breast Cancer Conversations, host Laura Carfang is joined by Dr. Anne Peled, a board-certified breast, reconstructive, and plastic surgeon who has treated thousands of patients—and also navigated her own early-stage breast cancer diagnosis, followed years later by a new primary DCIS diagnosis.
Together, Laura and Dr. Peled unpack what patients are rarely told about DCIS (stag...